Wii sales are not driven by games

[NJ5]

Shameless said:

NJ5 said:

People will find all kinds of arguments to discount Wii's success... You may have a case with the Wiimote, as that's a very important part of the console, but the other peripherals certainly aren't.

 

In what way is this reason discounting Wii's success? All I have seen are people disagreeing and offering no counterpoint. The games are obviously less of a factor than the controls because the controls are the only thing that's changed between the Gamecube and the Wii.

 

It sounds like discounting Wii's success because you're basically saying that if Nintendo doesn't keep releasing new peripherals there won't be anyone left to buy the Wii. That's almost the same as the "Wii is a fad" argument, just changed to "Wii is a fad kept alive by new peripherals".

I didn't totally disagree with you though... I think you have a point regarding the Wii Remote/Nunchuk, because that's a very important part of the "Wii experience" if you get my drift. Other than that, the Wii's success is driven by games, and then (only then) by the other peripherals which come with some those games. Maybe with a few more factors in between...